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The Vietnam War For Dummies

The Vietnam War For Dummies


By Ronald B. Frankum, Jr., Stephen F. Maxner

ISBN: 978-0-7645-5480-3
Format: Paper
Pages: 380 Pages
Pub. Date: October 2002

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Price: $19.99
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Table of Contents
Introduction.

Part I: Returning to the Start of the Vietnam War.

Chapter 1: Looking at America's Longest War.

Chapter 2: Warring Ideologies: The Two Vietnams.

Part II: Fighting the Ground War in Southeast Asia.

Chapter 3: Eisenhower, Korea, and Southeast Asia: Hot Flashes in a Cold War.

Chapter 4: Kennedy's Green Berets.

Chapter 5: Johnson's Regulars.

Chapter 6: Nixon's Victory in Vietnam: A Peace with Honor?

Part III: Taking to Air and Sea.

Chapter 7: Learning to Fly: 1950-1964.

Chapter 8: Air War over Vietnam: 1964-1973.

Chapter 9: Air War over Laos and Cambodia.

Chapter 10: Navigating the Seas: The Navy's Role.

Chapter 11: North Vietnamese/Viet Cong Strategies and Tactics.

Part IV: The "Other Wars".

Chapter 12: Winning with the South Vietnamese People.

Chapter 13: Making Friends and Enemies in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

Part V: A War at Home and a Home at War.

Chapter 14: Protesting the American War Effort.

Chapter 15: "The Sound of Silence": Supporting the American War Effort.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Myths of the Vietnam War.

Chapter 17: Ten Resources for Studying the Vietnam War.

Chapter 18: Ten Postwar Concerns and Issues to Think About.

Index.
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